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Baden-Powell

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Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron

Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron (bā`dən-pō`əl), 1857–1941, British soldier, founder of the Boy Scouts Boy Scouts, organization of boys 11 to 17 years old, founded (1907) in Great Britain by Sir Robert (later Lord) Baden-Powell . It was incorporated in 1910 in the United States, where its appearance was connected with earlier organizations—the Sons of Daniel
..... Click the link for more information. . He saw much active service in India and Africa prior to the South African War, in which he defended Mafikeng for seven months (1899–1900) and subsequently organized the South African constabulary. For his enduring work in organizing (1908) the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements, he received a peerage in 1929. His writings include Scouting for Boys (1908), Rovering to Success (1922), and Scouting and Youth Movements (1929).

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See biographies by W. Hillcourt and O. S. Baden-Powell (1964), M. Rosenthal (1986), and T. Jeal (1990).

Baden-Powell
Robert Stephenson Smyth , 1st Baron Baden-Powell. 1857--1941, British general, noted for his defence of Mafeking (1899--1900) in the Boer War; founder of the Boy Scouts (1908) and (with his sister Agnes) the Girl Guides (1910)


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